said about travion martin. bernie sanders and hilary clinton go head to head, it was very heated. our kathryn brown will join us live from california to tell us about the famous people and celebrities she had a chance to meet. >> every morning i get to broadcast next to this famous guy, bill leslie. happy friday, everyone. i'm renee chou. sometimes i'm star struck i can't talk next to him. >> come on. i get to work with you everyday. that is just awesome. you throw in elizabeth and brian. >> celebrity row right here. >> we have things to talk about this morning. it's not going to be a big

in greensboro and the triad. the areas in blue have the potential to see changeover. sprinkles and showers last night. a slim chance we are seeing that over around moore county, southern pines and carthage and sanford, picking up or showing up that way in pitsboro. sprinkle or flurries, starting to see that around rdu and raleigh, northward up the i-85 corridor. not much happening east of raleigh. this will swing through, once through, won't take long, maybe 30-45 minutes, it's done. that's it. we will say good-bye to the precipitation. skies clear by lunchtime. a nice bright day today. it will be breezy and chilly. the warm temperatures that we had this week are out of here. apex sky cam, in anything falls, this is a great place to check it out. you can see wet roads, brian will talk about how that will

our temperatures are above freezing. 37 durham. 40 holly springs. 34 roxboro. 41 goldsboro. with temperatures, anything that falls, maybe slushy, briefly on the roads, this is not going to be an issue for your morning commute in terms of travel problems, well, look, i saw a few snow flakes. 43 lunchtime with sun. 47 at 4:00. it will be a little bit breezy, a chilly weekend, we will talk about the temperatures for the weekend in a few minutes. brian is checking out the cameras available to your disposal. no flakes in the triangle as far as we can tell except for the four of us. let's head to south durham, check in on live drive 5 we are on i-40 heading in to durham from the chapel hill area, and if you can see the road, you would see it is wet out. there no snow flakes yet. in the past hour, greensboro, airport was reporting light

had on the roads in greensboro, that's the latest image from the camera, i-40 patterson. road temperatures are warm, relatively speaking and not going to see any problems with snow accumulating on roads. maybe at worst, slush on bridges and that's if it comes down hard in spots. there is the road weather index. see that over to the west, there is that chance of the rain-snow mixture. we have to wait to see what happens in the triangle. not anticipating problems. we will run in to wet roads, leave extra time in your schedule so you can leave early and not get out there and speed on the wet roads. no trouble major routes and no accidents that point either. testimony resumes this morning in the travion smith trial. one of the three suspects in the mud of melissa huggens jones testified about what happened that night in 2013,

first degree murder, but she is cooperating with prosecutors and says she was with smith and her boyfriend while they were breaking in to cars and they left her. when they reappeared they were anxious and made her runaway with them. anthony had a knife with blood on it and smith had blood on his shirt and said smith acted confused. >> i got a son, i got a son, he was nervous about not seeing his son. >> she testified she was not given a deal in return for her testimony, earlier outside the presence of the jury, she said admitting anthony admitted to stabbing the victim because she was screaming. the judge did not allow the jury to hear that. leaders are looking for ways to provide safe drinking water for people whose wells are contaminated. contamination in 15 private

it contains chromium which can cause cancer. the county is working to ensure a steady supply of bottled water for residents. the democratic candidates for president faced off before the first primary and things became heated quickly. hilary clinton and bernie sanders sparred in new hampshire. clinton accused sanders of smearing her credentials. >> i don't think these kinds of attacks by insinuation are worthy of you. enough is enough. if you have something to say, say it. >> instead of arguing about definitions, let's talk about what we should do. >> i am very proud to be the only candidate up here, who does not have a super pack, who is not raising huge sums of money from wall street or special interests. >> clinton tried to tout her

herself from wall street's big money. 7 of the 9 contenders plan to debate, donald trump will attends that debate. he is stopping in new hampshire, calling a loss in iowa yesterday's news. trump is the front runner in new hampshire. marco rubio is in second place followed by ted cruz. panther fans are outpacing the broncos when it comes to snapping up tickets for the big game. >> the numbers are shaking out in our favor and what it may mean for the outcome. >> reporter: good morning, bill and remay. hope all is well there, things are picking up the pace here, analysts say 10% of the tickets to is big game were sold in north carolina, this kinds of surprises them, i was speaking

said this surprises them because colorado is so much closer. as for what this means in terms of the outcome, that's anybody's guess. we can heap that means a favorable outcome for the panthers. people are doing just that. they are guessing, cue up radio row. the place for celebrity spotting, ahead of the super bowl. this is a super sized ballroom, packed with radio stations from around the world, a-list athletes doing interviews. we ran in to joe montana, eugene robinson, all those mixed in with newer faces as well. >> you are back in the fraternity, you come to places like this, it's still fraternal. that's what is special about the national football league. >> reporter: it was fun to see all of those players, joking with each other, talking back

it was great it was like being there for a reunion. much is the same, athletes making the rounds at radio row. movie stars will push the films and new releases for the next couple of weeks as well. tonight kicks off the first round of red carpet parties. eventful start to the weekend. >> exciting on different levels. thank you so much. celebrities spotting the super bowl experience and we get to live through kathryn brown, live in san francisco. >> reporter: concern over e zika virus is not stopping the carnival in brazil. sit a thunder clap, not a

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see where it's darker, i think the potential, north western portion of moore county. robins, 7 lakes, you might see this. reports of sighler city, chatham light snow. elsewhere, around the viewing area, it's too light and it's beginning to really weaken and fall apart to the west. there might be a flake or two that flys across the area. that's the end you see in greensboro. the skies will clear quickly. we will have sunshine before lunchtime. it will be blustery and chilly today. we can say good-bye to the system. the roads are wet from rain we saw last night. isolated flurry is possible. none will be heavy enough to create travel problems and a lot of folks won't see any of it. it is 37 durham, 38 holly springs. 39 wake forest. 34 roxboro and south hill. 40 fayetteville.

temperatures this morning. everybody is above freezing. we will stay that way. 43 at noon with sunshine. high of 47 this afternoon, turning colder and it will be a bit breezy. a chilly weekend, we have a arctic blast in the forecast for next week. more in a few minutes. i was looking forward to seeing a little bit of snow this morning. we are going to look at wet roadss that problem for the morning commute. the weather related problem at least. 6:32, life drive 5, heading through durham on i-85, north gate mall, see it looks good out there. wet roads, damp in a few spots. windshield wipers going occasionally. no big problems this morning. a look at the road weather index. the chance of snow to the west. not muff to amount to anything on the roads. it's teetering out a little bit. that's good news for the commute this morning.

has the five points neighborhoododinside the beltline in the dark. 850 customers without electricity. they hope to have it restored according to the duke energy website. heads up that you will run in to signals not functioning this morning. triangles major routes looking good. watching things building around the clayton bypass, the live drive times in 15 minutes. a crash in raleigh sent two people to the hospital with serious injuries. it happened midnight. a van drove through a red liewght on capital gfd -- light on capital boulevard. one person was thrown from the car. police say the injuries are serious, but not life threatening. alcohol may have been a factor, charges are pending. four suspects arrested in connection with a hazmat situation are due in court on drug related charges. agencies came together to search the home because of a drug complaint.

active drug lab. 7 people had to be decontaminated including an 18- month-old. 4 people are charged with drug possession. the health plans board of trustees will vote on whether to raise deductibles or premiums for 2017. >> increasing cost for all state employees. mikaya thurmond joins us live in raleigh with news this is going to effect hundreds of thousands of people. >> reporter: that 700,000 to be exact, the state health plan provides coverage for teachers, lawmakers, state employees, retirees and their dependents. one of the biggest changes how much employees pay for premiums and deductibles and raising premiums or put premiums where there were none before. deductibles would increase. this week, there was an outcry over a proposal to eliminate the popular 80/20 plan and

the trustees announced wednesday they would postpone consideration of those more drastic changes. state workers are still concerned about the pending premium and deductible increases for next wreer and health costs are going up but salaries are not. today's decision will only impact 2017, bill and renae, the meeting is set to start at 3:00 p.m. weeks and problems with blue cross blue shield customer accounts are not fixed. many of the customers are turning to the state for help. in a month's time the state department of insurance received 850 complaint calls, we reported problems with overbilling and verifying coverage of blue cross, thousands of people are affected. insurance commissioner says he wants to get to the bottom of it. >> we will be following the law, holding folks accountable pursuant to the law and see

he urges blue cross customers with issues to continue to contact his office. anticipation is building for sunday's big game. >> i'm excited. fans are packing in to san francisco and so far, analysts say north carolina fans are outpacing their denver counter parts. that's encouraging. kathryn brown is live in super bowl city with numbers and the excitement. >> reporter: the excitement out here is growing almost by the hour, how about that, analysts, i spoke to someone from stub hub yesterday. she said 10% of the tickets sold for the super bowl are coming from north carolina, that's compared to 9% coming from denver, that surprises analysts since colorado is so much closer, they figured more tickets would be coming from there. as for the other 80% or so, many of them are corporate

some are fans. a lot of them, celebrities. when searching for a-list athlete, current and former, lock no farther than radio row. the super sized ballroom in san francisco's center is packed wall to wall with radio stations from around the globe and more than enough star power to kick off the weekend 50 years in the making. >> i saw joe montana making a pizza with papa johns. >> reporter: we caught up with eugene robinson and keeping of the play he dreams of calling some day, it centers around cam newton. >> i would love for him to have a spectacular play and i react like every other fan going oh my goodness, i can't belief it happened. high fiving.

joe on the montana, bobby bell. >> i played in the first super bowl and fourth. >> reporter: he has been to every other one as a spectator, all 49, sunday will mark bell's 50th super bowl. >> fist super bowl we didn't have nothing like this. we had a few media guys around the swimming pool, everybody was in swimming suits. nothing like this. >> reporter: you know he has seen things change over the years, he was looking around and kept saying it was absolutely nothing like this. stories of jumping in and out of the pool for media interviews were funny. it was a treat to talk to the people on radio row. the red carpet parties kick off tonight. big weekend here, obviously. >> maybe more hob knobbing with celebrities for you.

knobbing with the sports legends. the irs is back to working on your tax forms. i know you are excited. >> what the agency thinks led to a system outage that halted the sis them week. a chapel hill bar faces a

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freezing, 38 rocky mount. 41 benson, 34 roxboro. 37 garner. colder than yesterday. it will stay above freezing. drizzle this morning, mist, 37 degrees, we climb up to 47 this afternoon. despite other signs of weakness, one part of the u.s. economy remains strong. hiring. the labor department reports january employment data, analysts forecast another 200,000 jobs created and 5% unemployment. that that turns out the be right, it could reduce increasing recession concerns. irs is become in business. processing tax returns, now that it shut down several systems including the e-file system, the outage has been resolved. it appears to have been a hardware failure. taxpayers should see little

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